Exotic relics found in ancient nomads' tombs in Inner Mongolia

Exotic relics found in ancient nomads' tombs in Inner Mongoliatrefwoorden: China - 5e eeuw BCE - graftombe - relikwiŽnJudging from bronze articles unearthed from ancient tombs in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region...... archaeologists estimate that nomadic tribes in north Chinahad contacts with Western civilizations approximately 2,500 years ago.Local archaeologists found a bronze mirror and a bronze plate at the two ancient tomb sites in Liangcheng county which can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.) and theWarring States Period (475-221 B.C.), which they believed could not be the work of ancient northern peoples in China.the semi-circle button of the mirror and the plate design of a weird beast with a bird's head and a tiger's body resembled very much the style of relics excavated in the hinterland of the Eurasian grass plain extending eastwards from the Black Sea to theouter Trans-Baikalia region in Russia, said Cao Jian'en, a noted researcher with the regional archaeology institute.